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# quenching
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US, Canada) IPA: /ˈkwɛn.t͡ʃɪŋ/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkwen.t͡ʃɪŋ/
* Rhymes: -ɛntʃɪŋ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English quenchinge, equivalent to quench +‎ -ing.

#### Noun

quenching (countable and uncountable, plural quenchings)
* (physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties.
* (metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.
* (astronomy) A process in which a galaxy loses cold gas, thus strongly suppressing star formation.
* (botany) The dissipation of energy from light in excess of what can be used for photosynthesis.
** 2022 August 27, Michael Le Page, Genetic tweaking increases soy yield by upgrading photosynthesis, New Scientist, Issue 3401, page 16,
    When a leaf is in full sunshine, it absorbs more light energy than its photosynthetic machinery can handle. This damages cells unless they turn on a mechanism known as quenching to dissipate the excess energy.
    When a leaf is shaded, however, quenching has to be turned off to avoid dissipating energy that could be used.

##### Derived terms

* dequenching
* quenching frequency
* quenching oil
* quenching stress
* selfquenching
* superquenching

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English quenching, quenchyng, quenchand, quenchende, equivalent to quench +‎ -ing.

#### Verb

quenching
* present participle and gerund of quench

##### Derived terms

* thirst-quenching
* quenchingly
# Ulva
## Translingual
### Etymology

Latin ulva (“sedge”)

### Proper noun

Ulva f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Ulvaceae – sea lettuce, laver and similar green algae.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Chlorophyta – infrakingdom; Chlorophyta – phylum; Ulvophyceae – class; Ulvales – order; Ulvaceae – family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Ulva lactuca – type species; Ulva pertusa, Ulva fasciata, Ulva rigida, Ulva linza – selected other species

#### Derived terms

* Ehrenbergiulva
* Ulvaria
* Umbraulva

### References

* Sea lettuce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ulva on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Ulva (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Ulva at AlgaeBase

## English
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Ulva
* A small island in the Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, off the coast of Mull (OS grid ref NM4040).
# terfez
## English
### Noun

terfez (plural terfez)
* The desert truffle (genus Terfezia).
# yordayıcı
## Turkish
### Etymology

yorda- (“to predict”) +‎ -ici.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: yor‧da‧yı‧cı

### Noun

yordayıcı (definite accusative yordayıcıyı, plural yordayıcılar)
* predictor

#### Declension
### References

* “yordayıcı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
# vacillate
## English
### Etymology

From Latin vacillātum, supine form of vacillō (“sway, waver”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt/, /ˈvæ.sɪ.leɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

vacillate (third-person singular simple present vacillates, present participle vacillating, simple past and past participle vacillated)
* (intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
** 1910, Jack London, The Heathen:Its [the barometer's] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or even 30.05; […]
* (intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
** 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 68:Courageous, patriotic, yet vacillating, many of the noblest principles and the purest intentions, men of large possessions and ancient names, under the afflicting circumstances of the times, failed to render service to their unhappy country, but involved themselves in irremediable ruin.
** 1944 October, I. A. Horowitz, “Readers' Games”, in Chess Review:Though it is vital to be alert for circumstances which require a change of plan, it is fatal to vacillate.
** 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."

#### Synonyms

* (to sway from one side to the other): stagger
* (to swing indecisively): blow hot and cold, waffle

#### Related terms

* vacillant
* vacillating
* vacillation
* vacillator
* vacillatory

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Further reading

* “vacillate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “vacillate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “vacillate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* cavatelli, laticlave

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

vacillate
* inflection of vacillare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

vacillate f pl
* feminine plural of vacillato

### Anagrams

* cavillate, vellicata

## Latin
### Verb

vacillāte
* second-person plural present active imperative of vacillō
# setanta-quatrè
## Catalan
### Etymology

From setanta-quatre (“seventy-four”) +‎ -è (ordinal suffix).

### Adjective

setanta-quatrè (feminine setanta-quatrena, masculine plural setanta-quatrens, feminine plural setanta-quatrenes)
* (ordinal number) seventy-fourth

### Noun

setanta-quatrè m (plural setanta-quatrens)
* (fractional number) seventy-fourth
# extremism
## English
### Etymology

From extreme +‎ -ism.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/, /ɛkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/
* (General American) IPA: /ɪkˈstɹi.mɪ.zəm/
** Audio (New Jersey):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

extremism (countable and uncountable, plural extremisms)
* Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
** 1971 October 6, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times‎:For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.
** 2007 February 8, Javad Zarif, “How Not to Inflame Iraq”, in The New York Times‎:Echoing the views of my colleagues from the region and beyond, I told the Security Council on Feb. 18, 2003, that while the ramifications of the war could go beyond anyone’s calculations, “one outcome is almost certain: extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.”

#### Derived terms

* antiextremism
* counterextremism
* sextremism

#### Related terms

* extremist
* extremization
* extremize

#### Translations
## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French extrémisme. By surface analysis, extrem +‎ -ism.

### Noun

extremism n (uncountable)
* extremism

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

extrem +‎ -ism

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

extremism c
* extremism

#### Derived terms

* högerextremism
* vänsterextremism

#### Related terms

* extremist
* extremistisk

### References

* extremism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* extremism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
# printempa
## Esperanto
### Etymology

printempo +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prinˈtempa]
* Rhymes: -empa
* Hyphenation: prin‧tem‧pa

### Adjective

printempa (accusative singular printempan, plural printempaj, accusative plural printempajn)
* spring, of or relating to the season of spring; vernal
# preço
## Galician
### Noun

preço m (plural preços, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of prezo

### Further reading

* “preço” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* prez, preso

### Etymology

From Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *preti- (“back”).

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈpɾe.t͡so/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɾe.t͡sʊ/

### Noun

preço m (plural preços)
* price (cost required to gain possession of something)

#### Descendants

* Galician: prezo
* Portuguese: preço

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese preço, prez, from Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *preti- (“back”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾe.su/
* Rhymes: -esu
* Hyphenation: pre‧ço

### Noun

preço m (plural preços)
* price (cost required to gain possession of something)
    Synonyms: custo, valor
* price (cost of an action or deed)
    Synonyms: castigo, custo, penalidade

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:preço.

#### Derived terms

* a preço de
* a qualquer preço
* a todo preço
* abrir preço
* justo preço
* não ter preço
* preço administrado
* preço constante
* preço de capa
* preço de custo
* sem preço
* ter em alto preço

#### Related terms

* apreciação
* apreciado
* apreciar
* apreço
* precioso
* prezar

### Further reading

* “preço”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “preço”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “preço” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “preço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “preço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “preço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# diko
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* dico — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 二哥 (jī-ko, “second eldest brother”), as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) "hermano segundo 二哥 xy̌có". Attested in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdiko/ [ˈd̪iː.xo]
* Rhymes: -iko
* Syllabification: di‧ko

### Noun

diko (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜓ)
* term of address for the second eldest brother
    Synonym: dikong
    Coordinate term: ditse
* (Bulacan) term of address for the second eldest male cousin

#### Derived terms

* dikong

#### Related terms

* kuya
* sangko
* siko
* ahiya
* dihiya

#### See also

* manong

### References

* ↑ Klöter, Henning (2011) The Language of the Sangleys: A Chinese Vernacular in Missionary Sources of the Seventeenth Century, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, →ISBN, page 143
* ↑ Chu, Richard T. (2012) Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s‎, page 187
* ↑ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎ (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 283/261; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
* ↑ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

### Further reading

* “diko”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 19
# seguidilla
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish seguidilla.

### Noun

seguidilla (plural seguidillas)
* A lively Spanish dance in triple time.
* The music for this dance.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish seguidilla.

### Noun

seguidilla f (plural seguidilla)
* seguidilla

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* seguidilla in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

From seguida (“sequence”) +‎ -illa (diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɡiˈdiʝa/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞i.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /seɡiˈdiʝa/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞i.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seɡiˈdiʎa/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞i.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /seɡiˈdiʃa/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞i.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seɡiˈdiʒa/ [se.ɣ̞iˈð̞i.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -iʝa
* Rhymes: -iʝa
* Rhymes: -iʎa
* Rhymes: -iʃa
* Rhymes: -iʒa
* Syllabification: se‧gui‧di‧lla

### Noun

seguidilla f (plural seguidillas)
* a lively, triple-time, Spanish tune and dance; a seguidilla
* sequence, list; a set of related things in an order.

### Further reading

* “seguidilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# Tylenchulus
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Tylenchulus
* A taxonomic genus within the family Tylenchulidae – citrus nematode, citrus root nematode.
# extremophilic
## English
### Etymology

From extremophile +‎ -ic.

### Adjective

extremophilic (comparative more extremophilic, superlative most extremophilic)
* Of, or pertaining to the extremophiles
** 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 95:Collect samples in volcanic springs or superheated hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and you'll find extremophilic microbes living apparently unfazed.

#### Derived terms

* polyextremophilic
# prizorgi
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From pri- +‎ zorgi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [priˈzorɡi]
* Rhymes: -orɡi
* Hyphenation: pri‧zor‧gi

### Verb

prizorgi (present prizorgas, past prizorgis, future prizorgos, conditional prizorgus, volitive prizorgu)
* (transitive) to worry about
* (transitive) to take care of
** 2002, La Sankta Biblio‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, I Makabeoj 5:19:Li donis al ili la ordonon: Prizorgu la popolon kaj ne provoku batalon […]He commanded them: Take charge of this people, but don’t engage in battle […]
# stereocomparagraphs
## English
### Noun

stereocomparagraphs
* plural of stereocomparagraph
# 부모님
## Korean
### Etymology

From 부모(父母) (bumo, “gloss=parent”) +‎ 님 (-nim, honorific particle).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pumo̞nim]
* Phonetic hangul: [부모님]

### Noun

부모님 • (bumonim)
* honorific of 부모 (bumo, “parents”)
    너희 부모님. ― Neohui bumonim. ― Your parents.
    그 가족은 부모님과 두 아이, 이렇게 네 명입니다. ― Geu gajog-eun bumonim-gwa du ai, ireoke ne myeong-imnida. ― There are four people in the family: parents and two children.
# honore
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [hoˈnore]
* Rhymes: -ore
* Hyphenation: ho‧no‧re

### Adverb

honore
* honourably; in an honourable manner

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.nɔʁ/

### Verb

honore
* inflection of honorer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Noun

honōre m
* ablative singular of honor

## Spanish
### Verb

honore
* inflection of honorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
# cesnakom
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sesnakɔm]

### Noun

cesnakom
* inflection of cesnak:
** dative plural
** instrumental singular
# trenta-quatrè
## Catalan
### Etymology

From trenta-quatre (“thirty-four”) +‎ -è (ordinal suffix).

### Adjective

trenta-quatrè (feminine trenta-quatrena, masculine plural trenta-quatrens, feminine plural trenta-quatrenes)
* (ordinal number) thirty-fourth

### Noun

trenta-quatrè m (plural trenta-quatrens)
* (fractional number) thirty-fourth
# exuberance
## English
### Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) +‎ uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/, /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

exuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances)
* (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
    Synonyms: ebullience, joy, vim; see also Thesaurus:enthusiasm, Thesaurus:happiness
** 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport‎:Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.
* An instance of exuberant behaviour.
* An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
* An abundance of wealth.

#### Derived terms

* hyperexuberance
* overexuberance
# profitdone
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [profitˈdone]
* Rhymes: -one
* Hyphenation: pro‧fit‧do‧ne

### Adverb

profitdone
* Alternative form of profitodone
# steelmaster
## English
### Etymology

From steel +‎ master.

### Noun

steelmaster (plural steelmasters)
* (dated) Synonym of steelmaker
# sangkong
## Tagalog
### Etymology

From sangko +‎ -ng.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /saŋˈkoŋ/ [sɐŋˈkoŋ]
* Rhymes: -oŋ
* Syllabification: sang‧kong

### Noun

sangkóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔) (chiefly Nueva Ecija)
* term of address for third eldest brother
    Synonym: sangko

#### See also

* ateng
* dikong
* ditseng
* kuyang
* sanseng
# well up
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

well up (third-person singular simple present wells up, present participle welling up, simple past and past participle welled up)
* (intransitive) To gradually or steadily flow upwards or outwards so as to begin to fill or overflow something.
    Oil was welling up out of the borehole.
    As soon as I heard news of his death, tears started to well up in my eyes.
** 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 178:A spring wells up in the centre of the village, and watercress beds lie beside the stream running alongside the main street.
* (figurative, by extension, chiefly of an emotion) To accumulate within one, to the point of overwhelming one.
    Emotion welled up inside me.
** 2023 December 22, Robyn Vinter, “‘That’s how we’ve got to live’: the black market in England’s shoplifting capital”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:“I had to leave my job because I just couldn’t … yeah,” Tina says, welling up.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

well up (comparative more well up, superlative most well up)
* (colloquial) Well versed; well acquainted (in or on).
    How well up are you on algebra?

### Anagrams

* upwell
# cesnak
## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *česnъkъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sesnak]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cesnak m inan (relational adjective cesnakový)
* garlic

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cesnak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
# 鏨草
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 鏨 | 草 |
| たがね Hyōgai | そう Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi ||

### Etymology

鏨(たげね) (tagene, “chisel”) + 草(そう) (sō, “grass, plant”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ta̠ɡa̠ne̞so̞ː]

### Noun

鏨(たがね)草(そう) or 鏨草(タガネソウ) • (taganesō)
* Carex siderosticta, a species of sedge

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
# doing the washing up
## English
### Verb

doing the washing up
* present participle and gerund of do the washing-up
# protona
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [proˈtona]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: pro‧to‧na

### Adjective

protona (accusative singular protonan, plural protonaj, accusative plural protonajn)
* of or pertaining to protons

#### Related terms

* protono

## Latvian
### Noun

protona m
* genitive singular of protons

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

protōna
* proton

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* protonene

### Noun

protona n
* definite plural of proton

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

protona n
* definite plural of proton

## Spanish
### Verb

protona
* inflection of protonar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
# spkl.
## English
### Noun

spkl. (plural spkls.)
* (meteorology) Abbreviation of sprinkle.
# 장인어른
## Korean
### Etymology

장인(丈人) (jang'in) +‎ 어른 (eoreun).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈt͡ɕa̠(ː)ŋinʌ̹ɾɯn]
* Phonetic hangul: [장(ː)이너른]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Noun

장인어른 • (jang'ineoreun)
* (honorific, South Korea) father-in-law (wife's father)
# windy
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind +‎ -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɪndi/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪndi

#### Adjective

windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
* Accompanied by wind.
    It was a long and windy night.
* Unsheltered and open to the wind.
    They shagged in a windy bus shelter.
* Empty and lacking substance.
    They made windy promises they would not keep.
* Long-winded; orally verbose.
** 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎, London: Jonathan Cape, page 21:I am not come hither to contend with the King of Witchland in windy railing, but to match my strength against his, sinew against sinew.
* (informal) Flatulent.
    The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
* (slang) Nervous, frightened.
** 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin, published 2014, The Regeneration Trilogy, page 848:The thing is he’s not windy, he’s a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.

##### Synonyms

* (accompanied by wind): blowy, blustery, breezy
* See also Thesaurus:verbose
* See also Thesaurus:flatulent

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “accompanied by wind”): calm, windless

##### Translations
#### Noun

windy (plural windies)
* (colloquial) A fart.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From wind (“to curve, bend”) +‎ -y.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwaɪndi/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Adjective

windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
* (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

##### Usage notes

Due to ambiguity with the homograph described above, the word winding is generally preferred in print.

##### Derived terms

* windiness
* windy pasty